VOOM and MPEG-4 updates for Dish Network

I give Charlie Ergen a ton of credit. Each month, either he or his tech folks over at Dish Network feature a one-hour program to give you the latest "dish" on the satellite service. The "Charlie Chat" for this month aired earlier this week and DBSTalk has a great summary for those that missed it. There are also rebroadcasts throughout the month and hey, why not PVR the darn thing?

Highlights from the Erg-meister this month include some high-def updates:

New HD programming will be in MPEG-4 format

HD locals launch in January in five cities

New York, L.A., Boston, Atlanta and Chicago are the first for HD locals